Matthew Le God

You didn't see what happened today then. Pulling on the shoulder or arm is a foul, today's incident was not a pull. His hand brushed his shoulder with no force.

The suspension for 5 yellow cards means Walker-Peters is suspended only for Premier League games, not FA Cup games. He missed today because he has Covid, not through suspension. He is suspended vs Brentford on Tuesday.

I doubt we'll be signing a 4th natural right back. We'd still have Walker-Peters, Valery and Ward-Prowse until Livramento is back. What happens to the 4th right back when Livramento is back?

A hand brushing a shoulder is not a foul. There was barely any contact, let alone enough to put off balance a grown man and make him fall over whilst running.

Still time to turn things around, but he does look out of his depth at the moment.

The Liverpool goal at Anfield in 2017 was not a tie winning goal. We were already going through at that point.

If we don't have any of Livramento, Walker-Peters or Valery... I'd be tempted to play Diallo at right back rather than Ward-Prowse or Stephens. Diallo would still give us some attacking threat and pace in fullback areas that we'd miss if Ward-Prowse or Stephens were there and it would keep Ward-Prowsein his best position. I know shoe horning Diallo there isn't ideal either.

Tonight was Shane Long's best Southampton game since 2016! 😇

It wasn't unprofessional... it wasn't a foul. His hand brushed Obafemi's shoulder and he fell over. It is the refs fault, not Valery. Pulling on the shoulder or arm is a foul, today's incident was not a pull. His hand brushed his shoulder with no force and Obafemi collapsed to the floor like he'd been shot.

Lots of people unaware it hasn't been called that since about 2007!

Absolutely! 😁

The commentary from BBC Wales is horrific! The three of them have done no research on Saints and it is just factual error after error! 🙄

Should we have the same ref at every FA cup 3rd round game to make conditions the same for all teams? 🤔

The rules are the same, what constitutes a penalty is the same with and without VAR. You are confusing rules with tools for implementing the rules.

1) This is a forum... forums are for discussion. I asked a follow up question... that is a discussion. 2) The rules in the games are not different. A game with VAR and a game without VAR have exactly the same rules.

Why is it unfair? It being used in one game doesn't affect another where it isn't being used.

Saints have no need to abandon their academy like Brentford did. Brentford were unable to compete with the other London clubs so focused on 17-21 year olds released by other clubs.

That is an appalling website with little credibility.

Southampton's past meets Southampton's present on the front cover of one of Rasmus Ankersen's books! 😇

Yes, it is Small with Covid, not Simeu.

Injury and illness are irrelevant to suspensions.

None of those in the takeover made any mention of a statement signing. A random twitter account did.

What makes you think there will be 'big name' signings?

Which article?